Who was this actress who died under the knife?

[Cush]

It was metioned on Real Time, but I didn't catch the name. An actress died while under going plastic surgery?

[Fenris]

1. Not actress, author I think

Woman who wrote "First Wives' Club."

[Kathy in Cambridge]

2. It was the woman who wrote "First Wives' Club"

I don't think she acted.

[CO Liberal]

3. It Was the Woman Who Wrote "The First Wives Club"

She went in for plastic surgery and never woke up.

[Dookus]

4. but

she looked MAAAAAHHHvelous at the funeral.

[Cush]

5. oh ok

thanks

[latebloomer]

6. Very sad, and ironic

Her most famous book railed against the shallowness of men who toss aside their first wives for younger, more beautiful versions, and then she died at age 54 while trying to erase the signs of middle age.

[LincolnMcGrath]

7. I was thinking the same thing.

[blondeatlast]

8. Author Olivia Goldsmith.

[Bertha Venation]

9. Damn. When?

Sad.

[latebloomer]

10. I think on Jan 16th or 17th

I googled it last nite after watching "Real Time".

Some screwup with the anesthesia.

[Bertha Venation]

11. Good Christ. What a loss. n/t